Indian American Nina Davuluri Crowned Miss America

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Nina Davuluri is the new sensation of the world. The Indian-American descent Nina has been crowned as Miss America. Nina Davuluri is the first contestant from the Indian heritage and second consecutive contestant from New York to win the Miss America 2014 pageant.

The 24-year-old Nina Davuluri is the second consecutive Miss New York to win the Miss America pageant. She follows another Miss New York, Mallory Hagan who was crowned Miss America in 2013. Nina is a native of Syracuse in New York and wants to become a doctor. Nina Davuluri is basically from Vijayawada in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. She is indeed the first Indian NRI to contest for the Miss America pageant.

Nina Davuluri wore a bright yellow coloured gown when she was crowned Miss America. The plunging neckline of the floor sweeping gown had a nude bodice underneath. It was plain and looked classy on her. She accessorised the look with golden earrings and handcuff.

She had left behind 53 contestants to grab this pageant title. She impressed the judges with her talent, beauty, confidence and interactive skills. The smart answer to the question and answer round might have made Nina lucky! She was asked "Julie Chen had plastic surgery to appear less Asian. What do you think of her decision?" Davuluri quickly stated that she did not approve of plastic surgery, but said, "I've always viewed Miss America as the girl next door and the girl next door is evolving."

Nina Davuluri even performed an Indian "classic Bollywood fusion" in one of the talent competitions. She looked pretty and bright in a red and blue outfit.

Nina Davuluri's first runner-up was Miss California, Crystal Lee. Other top five finalists were Miss Minnesota, Rebecca Yeh; Miss Florida, Myrrhanda Jones, and Miss Oklahoma, Kelsey Griswold. Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail had gathered a lot of attention in the Miss America pageant as she was the first Miss America contestant to display her body tattoos openly on the ramp. Vail even won "America's Choice" vote which landed her to the semi-finals. However, she couldn't beat the strong contenders.

Miss America 2014

Nina Davuluri is the Miss America 2014 winner. She succeeded Brooklynite Mallory Hagan as the nation's most beautiful ambassador. She was crowned in Atlantic City.

Miss New York

She is second consecutive Miss New York to have grabbed the title of Miss America.

Indian-American Origin

Although Nina is settled in Syracuse, she is the first Indian woman to win this pageant. Nina is basically from Vijaywada in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Crowned

Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan crowned the 2014 winner, Nina Davuluri as the Miss America.

Dance

In one of the talent competitions at Miss America pageant, Nina performed on "classic Bollywood fusion".

First Indian

Nina was very emotional at the time she was crowned. She said tearfully, "I'm most excited to promote my platform, I was the first Indian Miss New York and I'm so proud to be the first Indian Miss America,". She won the title on Sunday night and will frolic in the Atlantic City waters on Monday morning.

Weight Loss

Nina suffered from asthma. She went on a healthy diet to lose weight and become well-toned. At the Miss America ramp, Nina wore a Kandice Pelletier neon lime green coloured swimwear.

Miss America Shoe Parade

A day before becoming Miss America 2014, Nina attended Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk. She wore a strapless red gown. These are the shoes that Nina wore at the parade. The shoes celebrate New York City.

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